IP Library Granted Patent US 11,111,662
Granted Patent B2
US 11,111,662 · App. 15/998,945 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Flush toilet

Inventors: Saori Ichihara (Tokyo, JP); Isato Hirasawa (Tokyo, JP); Tomoya Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Takeya Ichiyanagi (Tokyo, JP); Sou Okuizumi (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Saruta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
E03D11/02E03D5/105E03D11/00G01F23/56
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Patent No.
US 11,111,662
App. No.
15/998,945
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flush toilet includes: a toilet main body; a rim which is provided on an upper portion of a toilet bowl of the toilet main body and which flows a flush water into the toilet bowl; and a water level detection sensor which is provided inside the rim.

Claims (32)

1. A flush toilet comprising;

a toilet main body comprising a longitudinal axis extending down a center of the toilet main body from a rear of the toilet main body to a front of the toilet main body;

a rim which is provided on an upper portion of a toilet bowl of the toilet main body and along which a flush water flows into the toilet bowl; and

a detection part of a water level detection sensor, wherein the water level detection sensor is suspended within a cavity formed in the rim, wherein the cavity and the detection part are offset from the longitudinal axis, and the detection part is configured such that a lowermost position of the detection part is spaced apart from a lower wall of the cavity, at a position lower than an upper surface of a front and a side surrounding the toilet bowl, wherein the water level detection sensor is provided with a float which is attached to a lower portion of a supporting shaft extending vertically and is configured to move vertically, and the water level detection sensor is provided with a stopper fixed to the lower portion of the supporting shaft.

2. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein the water level detection sensor is provided on a base portion which is positioned on an upper portion of the rim and at which a functional portion is installed, or is installed to a back surface of an eaves portion of the rim.

3. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein

the rim has a rim water passage and a rim headrace that is provided upstream of the rim water passage,

the water level detection sensor is installed at the rim headrace.

4. The flush toilet of claim 2 , wherein

the rim has a rim water passage and a rim headrace that is provided upstream of the rim water passage,

the water level detection sensor is installed at the rim headrace.

5. The flush toilet of claim 3 , further comprising a spouting pipe in the rim, where the water detection sensor is positioned higher than the spouting pipe.

6. The flush toilet of claim 4 , further comprising a spouting pipe in the rim, where the water detection sensor is positioned higher than the spouting pipe.

7. A flush toilet comprising;

a toilet main body;

a rim which is provided on an upper portion of a toilet bowl of the toilet main body and along which a flush water flows into the toilet bowl; and

a water level detection sensor provided inside a cavity formed in the rim, wherein the water level detection sensor is mounted on a base plate, at a position lower than an upper surface of a front and a side surrounding the toilet bowl, on an upper portion of the rim and at which a functional portion is installed;

wherein the base plate is mounted to an upper surface of a rear portion of the toilet bowl and is provided above an uppermost portion of the cavity formed in the rim, the water level detection sensor is provided with a float which is attached to a lower portion of a supporting shaft extending vertically and is configured to move vertically, and the water level detection sensor is provided with a stopper fixed to the lower portion of the supporting shaft.

8. The flush toilet of claim 1 , comprising

a private part cleaning device located at the rear of the toilet main body, wherein the private part cleaning device is mounted on a base plate provided above an uppermost portion of the cavity formed in the rim.

9. The flush toilet of claim 7 , comprising a private part cleaning device located at the rear of the toilet main body, wherein the private part cleaning device is mounted on the base plate.

10. A flush toilet comprising;

a toilet main body comprising a longitudinal axis extending down a center of the toilet main body from a rear of the toilet main body to a front of the toilet main body;

a rim which is provided on an upper portion of a toilet bowl of the toilet main body and along which a flush water flows into the toilet bowl; and

a detection part of a water level detection sensor, wherein the water level detection sensor is suspended within a cavity formed in the rim, wherein the cavity and the detection part are offset from the longitudinal axis, and the detection part is configured such that a lowermost position of the detection part is spaced apart from a lower wall of the cavity, at a position lower than an upper surface of a front and a side surrounding the toilet bowl, wherein

the water level detection sensor has a reed-switch-type float switch which is provided with a float having a magnet inside the float, and the reed-switch-type float switch is configured to turn on by detecting the magnet when a position of the float rises from a lower limit position to an upper limit position due to a rise of the water level.

11. A flush toilet comprising;

a toilet main body;

a rim which is provided on an upper portion of a toilet bowl of the toilet main body and along which a flush water flows into the toilet bowl; and

a water level detection sensor provided inside a cavity formed in the rim, wherein the water level detection sensor is mounted on a base plate, at a position lower than an upper surface of a front and a side surrounding the toilet bowl, on an upper portion of the rim and at which a functional portion is installed;

wherein the base plate is mounted to an upper surface of a rear portion of the toilet bowl and is provided above an uppermost portion of the cavity formed in the rim, wherein

the water level detection sensor has a reed-switch-type float switch which is provided with a float having a magnet inside the float, and the reed-switch-type float switch is configured to turn on by detecting the magnet when a position of the float rises from a lower limit position to an upper limit position due to a rise of the water level.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2021
From: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055985/0215 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 19, 2021
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056875/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE LAST NAME OF THE FIFTH LISTED INVENTOR, SOU OKUIZUMI PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046878 FRAME 0696. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 7, 2018
From: ICHIHARA, SAORI; HIRASAWA, ISATO; SASAKI, TOMOYA; ICHIYANAGI, TAKEYA; OKUIZUMI, SOU; SARUTA, MAKOTO
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047760/0623 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2018
From: ICHIHARA, SAORI; HIRASAWA, ISATO; SASAKI, TOMOYA; ICHIYANAGI, TAKEYA; UKUIZUMI, SOU; SARUTA, MAKOTO
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046878/0696 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-029956 · Feb 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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